Talk:1784

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I have made some year layout proposals which would affect a significant proportion of the year pages: an example of proposed style is 1850. It is detailed on my talk page.

If no-one flags where I have put the discussion on my talk page that they object in a month I will start making everything consistent. It may take some time... --BozMo 12:32, 7 May 2004 (UTC)(talk)

Images

[See: Talk:1780#Images. -Wikid77 12:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)]

tea tax

What about the reduction of the tea tariffs in Britain (the Tea Tax Act of 1784 ,or the Commication Act), which pretty much wiped out tea smuggling, which had been bringing in more tea that legal trade? This is mentioned in the British Museum's history of the world through 100 things and The History of Tea in Britain – Who Brought Tea to England? – TopicTea as well as History of Tea - Taxes and Smuggling In 18th Century England - TEA PARTY GIRL, History Of Tea , its Taxes and Smuggling -Teacupsfull, Tea, Tax, and Smuggling: What Made Britain a Tea Drinking Nation? – Intoxicating Spaces. "The Commutation Act and the Tea Trade in Britain 1784–1793," by Hoh-Cheung andLorna H. Mui in the academic journal The Economic History Review Volume16, Issue2 December 1963, Pages 234-253 (The Commutation Act and the Tea Trade in Britain 1784–1793* - Hoh‐Cheung - 1963 - The Economic History Review - Wiley Online Library) even starts off by saying "By lowering duties so as to remove the incentive for smuggling, the Commutation Act of 1784 marks a turning-point in the history of British tea trade." This seems to me to be important enough to be included in our article.Kdammers (talk) 16:23, 13 August 2022 (UTC)